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By Stella D (433) on 25 Oct 2008

A brutal gangster film with set design like northern rennaissance painting, costumes by gaultier and a wonderful score…

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By Susan S (373) on 12 Oct 2008

I passionately hate this movie. One of the few movies I've ever walked out on…

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By Norm R (26) on 12 Oct 2008

I passionately hate this movie. One of the few movies I've ever walked out on…

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By Travis J (151) on 11 Oct 2008

For a brief moment, I considered revising my current belief that the cinematic arts in indeed dead and rotting in a shallow grave under Hollywood's…

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By Ian G (848) on 01 Oct 2008

Sick, sick, sick!!! I loved it though. it was so powerful and one of my favourite…

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By Jonathan M (1,410) on 28 Sep 2008

Stage-y and pretentious, but above all boring movie that is self-consciously ugly and thematically transparent (oafish materialist betrayed…

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By Michael O (1,073) on 19 Sep 2008

Its almost like UNDERGROUND! a freaky satire…

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By Lotti K (207) on 19 Sep 2008

Not quite as mind-blowing this time around as when I saw it in college, but I still give it credit for being both incredibly ugly and lush,…

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By Conor M (195) on 14 Sep 2008

Wow, this movie felt like the demon child of david lynch and stanley kubrik. why haven't I heard of this movie until now…

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Review of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

By Prasad P (92) on 13 Sep 2008

Director Peter Greenaway gives us a feast for our senses in the only way he can - with a dazzling, uneasy, drug-inducive display of creative…

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By Aaron W (748) on 08 Sep 2008

This is my first Greenaway and it certainly was one hell of a film. First things first, the set for this thing is unbelievable…

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By Joanna R (61) on 04 Sep 2008

So fucking strange, a tad long and very disgusting…

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By Joe L (766) on 31 Aug 2008

Gluttonously rich. tickle my tonsils with a feather…

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By Duncan B (149) on 29 Aug 2008

Tough going, but quite an achievment. Beautiful and ugly at the same time…

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By David K (1,644) on 27 Aug 2008

The best revenge film EVER. Heavily stylized, features a fantastic villian, and has one of the best endings you'll ever see…

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By Bre?Yana (3) on 27 Aug 2008

Peter Greenaway outdid himself with this one. It's like watching a painting come to life…

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By Randy P (605) on 23 Aug 2008

Totally a visceral experience. Every aspect of the film works together simultaneously to stimulate all of the viewer's senses…

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Review of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

By Tevus J (1) on 19 Aug 2008

Simply an amazing, unique and twisted movie…

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Review of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

By Timm K (7) on 16 Aug 2008

I am happy to see a movie classic. This movie is a work of art. Some of the scenes are like great photographs…

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Review of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

By Emma F (175) on 10 Aug 2008

I was made to watch this for film studies and couldn't believe what I was subjected to…

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